Garden hose support



Dec. 31, ,1935.

E PRAEGER I GARDEN HOSE SUPPORT Filed A aril 2, 1.934

J B i Patented Dec. 31, 1935 UNITED STATES GARDEN HOSE SUPPORT EwaldPraeger, San Antonio, Tex. 7 Application April 2, 1934, Serial No.718,530

2 Claims. (01. 24s s4") The device forming the subject matter of thisannular form. On its lower part, it has inset application is a holder orsupport for garden portions 1, merging into outstanding arms 8 havhose.The invention aims to provide a device of ing parallel, disk-likefingers 9, one'of which has the class described which will hold the hosein a circuiar-hole I41, and the other of which has 3 position forwatering, without forcing the supa polygonal or rectangular hole H. Theloop 6 port into the ground, the device keeping its place, is placed onthe support I, with the fingers 9 at because the loop which extendsabout the nozzle opposite ends of the tubular eye 5 on the supis largerin diameter than the nozzle, thereby port I.

AT ENT OF 5 QE permitting the nozzle to have a little play, as the Asecuring element, such as a bolt I2 is pro- 0 water flows through it,without creating any ap- Vided, t e b passing through the eS 0 an 10preciable movement in the support, I I of the disk-like fingers 9 andthrough the eye 5.

The invention aims to provide a device of the The square portion 0f thebelt u i class described which is light, compact, always l ment I2 is ivd in th spondin lyready for use, and capable of being applied in shapedhole H of one of the fingers 9, and the various ways to a hose nozzle.bolt, thus, is held against rotating when the wing 15 It is within theprovince of the disclosure to nut equivalent d v is threaded on theimprove generally and to enhance the utility of l he heed 0f h boltengages h finger devices of that type to which the invention ap 9 Whichhas the polygonal Opening H. Obvipertains ously, the loop 5 can betilted from front to back,

With the above and other objects in iew, to adjust the position Of thehose I? and the 20 hi h ill appear as th description proceeds, nozzlewith respect to the surface of the ground, the invention resides in thecombination and a y tightening p the Wing Hut the loop 6 arrangement ofparts and in the details of conwill be held in any position to which ithas been struction hereinafter described and claimed, it J' In Order toce the old of the being understood that changes in the precise y 5 OnOne Of the fingers r s ance the 25 embodiment of the invention hereindisclosed, finger which has the Circular hole he Corremay be made withinthe scope of what is claimed, di end of the eye 5 ay b provided withwithout departing from the spirit of the invenblunted teeth indicated inmm, Upon the hose I1 is threaded the base l8 of 30 In the accompanyingdrawing: the nozzle, the base having a reduced neck I9 30 Fig. 1 showsin side elevation, a device'of the Which is threaded into the butt 20 ofthe nozzle class described connected to the nozzle of a hose, p 2 thenozzle tip 2| being rotatable to Ve y such as a garden hose; thecharacter of the stream of water, in a way Fig. 2 is an elevation of thedevice per se, parts W understood by everyone. The base l8 and being insection; the butt 20 form spaced circumferential shoul- 35 Fig. 3 is aside elevation wherein apart of the tiers in the nozzleloop has beenbroken away; The loop 6 is placed about the neck l9, between Fig. 4 isan elevation showing how the loop the butt 20 of the nozzle tip 2|, andthe base l8. can be changed and enlarged, for mounting as The diameterof the loop 6 is considerably larger 40 Shown i i 6; than the diameterof the neck l9, and, conse- 40 Fig. 5 is a section of the loop asdisclosed in q y, the hose n can squirm about, and im- Fi 4; partmovement to the nozzle, without imparting Fig. 6 is a side elevationshowing the device a correspondi g movement to the Support I and mountedon a nozzle in a way which differs slightthe loop 6. It is unnecessary,therefore, to emly from the disclosure of Fig. 1. bed the lower end ofthe support I in the ground, 45

The device forming the subject matter of this and the device will keepits place, even on a hard application preferably is made of metalthroughsurface, such as a concrete pavement. out. It comprises a supportI, preferably in the The nozzle is not constructed always as shown formof an approximately triangular plate, havin Fig. 1. For instance,referring to Fig. 6, the ing a recess 2 in its lower edge, the recessdefinbase 22 of the nozzle may have spaced beads or 50 ing feet 3. Atits upper end, the support I has shoulders 23 and 24, the neck of thebase being a reduced head 4, provided with parallel edges, marked by thenumeral 25, and the nozzle tip and this head is turned upon itself, toform a being shown at 26. The operator may wish to tubular eye 5. mountthe loop, designated by the numeral 21, The loop is marked by thenumeral 6 and is of on the base 22, between the beads 23 and 24, and 55still have the loop 21 large enough so that the nozzle will have theaforesaid play in the loop. Under such circumstances, the inset portions1 of Fig. 2 may be straightened out, thereby giving added material, bywhich the size of the loop may be increased, as shown at 21, the play ofthe nozzle still being retained, with respect to the loop, as has beenhereinbefore set forth.

The construction of the device is simple, but the article will be foundthoroughly efiective for the ends in view. Owing to the fact that thenozzle has play in the loop, the support I will not be overturned by thesquirming action of the hose.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A holder for a hose nozzle which has spaced shoulders connected by areduced neck, the holder embodying a plate-like support, the lower edgeof which isshaped to rest on the surface of the ground, a loop ofrsuchdiameter as to receive the neck and of less width than the distancebetween the shoulders, the loop terminating in depending fingers, and aclamping device connecting the fingers, the support being provided withan eye, receiving the clamping device and located between the fingers,the eye being of such length 'as to limit the contraction of the loop toa. diameter greater than that of the neck and less than the diameter ofthe shoulders, thereby to form a loose but permanent connection betweenthe holder and the nozzle, enabling the loop to shift circumferentiallyof the neck, and the support to swing circumferentially of the neck,automatically, into depending, ground-engaging position, and enablingthe nozzle to have a squirming movement with respect to the loop.

2. A nozzle holder constructed in accordance provision ofinwardly-extended, laterally-curved and bendable side portions,incorporated between the loop and the fingers and affordingnormallyunused surplus material, capable of being flatwith claim 1, andfurther characterized by the 15 tened out to increase the size of theloop, the eye 20 EWALD PRAEGER.

